Device for separating baked anodes
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United States of America Patent
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Issued Date -
Jan 20, 2005
app pub date -
Jul 9, 2004
filing date -
Jul 11, 2003
priority date (Note) -
Abandoned
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Abstract
An apparatus for separating baked anodes received from a baking furnace. The apparatus includes a conveyor for moving a row of side-abutting baked anodes sequentially into alignment with an anode separating device having a separator blade extending downwardly from a support arm. The blade and support arm are mounted for movement in a direction perpendicular to the direction of travel of the row of anodes with the moveable arm being located above the anodes and the blade being positioned to pass laterally between adjacent anodes. A laterally moveable holding means is positioned to engage and hold the side of an anode laterally opposite the blade and means are provided for adjusting the location of the arm and blade in the direction of travel of the row of anodes to align the blade with a chamfered anode top face. An actuator means connected to the blade arm acts to firstly slide the blade along the chamfered edge until the blade engages an adjacent anode and to secondly move the blade inwardly between an adjacent pair of anodes and against the laterally moveable holding means thereby to separate a pair of adjacent anodes in the row.
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